Category Archives: Alberta

Lethbridge runners take top spots at Scotiabank Calgary Marathon
CALGARY – Two runners from Lethbridge have won the full AND half Scotiabank Calgary marathon races today (May 28). Daniel Kipkoech took the marathon, with a time of 2:22:33, beating second place...
May 28, 2017

Public Invited to EMS open house events
SOUTH ZONE – May 28- June 3 is National Paramedic week, and this year’s theme is “Always in Service.” EMS providers across the province are celebrating in a number of ways, inc...
May 28, 2017

Andrew Scheer narrowly elected leader of federal Conservative party
TORONTO – Andrew Scheer, the apple-cheeked Saskatchewan MP and former Speaker of the House of Commons, survived a 13-ballot battle with presumed leadership front-runner Maxime Bernier on Saturda...
May 27, 2017

South Carolina man charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting Alberta woman
PICKENS, South Carolina – Authorities say a South Carolina man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Canadian woman he told was being hired to model. Pickens Co...
May 26, 2017

Provincial electoral map could be redrawn for 2019
EDMONTON – Some significant changes could be coming to the electoral map in southern Alberta. The Electoral Boundaries Commission has released an interim report recommending the same number of r...
May 26, 2017

Provincial auditor demands health care changes
EDMONTON – Alberta’s auditor general is calling for immediate action to improve a health-care system he says is still falling short despite years of recommendations on how to make it bette...
May 26, 2017

More than 70 per cent of Albertans living with digital eye strain
MEDICINE HAT – A local optometrist knows our phones are usually the last thing we see before catching some shut eye. It's not uncommon for them to also be the first thing we see when we wake up....
May 25, 2017

Kinder Morgan announces final investment decision on Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - Kinder Morgan says it will proceed with the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion as long as it secures satisfactory financing for the project through its initial public offering....
May 25, 2017

Watchdog report says Nigel Wright broke ethics rules during Duffy affair
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s one-time chief of staff was never prosecuted for his role in Mike Duffy’s Senate expenses fiasco, but now Nigel Wright is getting a belated ...
May 25, 2017

RCMP seeking suspects in theft and flight from police
FORT MACLEOD – RCMP are asking for public help in locating a man and woman suspected in a theft from a business. On Thursday May 18, RCMP officers began investigating a theft of phones from Phot...
May 25, 2017